The biden administration as the president gets ready to mark that arbitrary, though symbolic period this coming wednesday with a joint address to congress. One measure stands out to me. When Joe Biden took office one out of every 11 americans was hungry. Today, that number is down to 1 out of 7. We talked about in the abstract what the biden administration has achieved so far. Remember, we live in an age in which so many people have written off politics and politicians, in which 80 Million americans didnt vote in the last election, possibly the most consequential election in living memory. Truth is that, politics can bring about meaningful change in peoples lives. Today four more people out of every 11 struggling with Food Insecurity in this country are no longer hungry because of actions taken by this new government. Thats a real accomplishment, a progressive achievement. Luckily most americans do recognize this. A new national poll from Nbc News shows that approval for what biden is
Degree. But we will keep eyes on Brooklyn Center Tonight as we have for the last few nights. There have been several dozen arrests each of the last few nights. There have been very, very heated confrontations between local residents and the police including a lot of Tear Gas and projectiles thrown. Tonight there is a curfew in effect in brooklyn center, minnesota. It starts at 10 00 p. M. Local time, which is 11 00 p. M. Eastern. Youll see night is just falling there, and Weve Seen Things get tense there, particularly after nightfall over these last few nights. I should also tell you theres an increased presence of National Guard troops in the area tonight. About 2,000 troops were deployed, National Guard troops were deployed in the Minneapolis Area for the last two nights but as of today that has been increased by 50 . Were expecting more like 3,000 National Guard troops in the streets there tonight. We will have a live report coming up from brooklyn center, from the Minneapolis Area
Congressman Matt Gaetz whos represented his district since 2017, made a name for himself as one of the trumpiest members of the house of representatives. The New York times reporting the Justice Department is investigating gaetz over, quote, whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17yearold and paid for her to travel with him. The investigation was opened in the final months of the Trump Administration under Attorney General William Barr. Katie benner, one of the times reports who broke this story is standing by to join us in a few minutes. No charges have been brought against the congressman. Tonight he up and down denied the allegations during an interview with tucker carlson. It is a horrible allegation and it is a lie. The New York times is running a story that i have traveled with a 17yearold woman, and that is verifiably false. People can look at My Travel Records and see that that is not the case. What is happening is an extortion of me and my family involving a former depar
6th insurrection, let s go out front. good evening, i am erin burnett. heartbreaking testimony today from the youngest witness from the killing of george floyd. one witness only nine years old. it felt like he was stopping his breathing and kind of like hurting him. you can t see her on camera because she s nine, under age. the day george floyd lost his life and we heard the toll that floyd s death is taking on them. each of them testified about watching george floyd s final moment. derek chauvin was seen kneeling on floyd s neck for nearly 10 minutes. here is darnell frazier. she was 17. s this is the video she took. i heard george floyd saying i can t breathe, get off of me, i can t breathe. he cried for his mom. he was in pain. it seems like he knew it was over for him. the jury also hearing testimony from a firefighter who broke down after revealing the police would not let her check on floyd s condition. when you could not do that, how did it make you feel?
i don t know, by next week, we may be going all the way back to the magna carta. i m hoping for the red sox s sake that the orioles are like the 27 yankees, because that s what they looked like in fenway. well, look, joe, i ve got to tell you, the orioles have not won a world series in my lifetime, which i think says more about them than it does about me, but who knows. i will also say that it was good i m sorry that you guys were there to witness that. i know everyone wants the home team to win. seeing trey mancini come back on the field after beating colon cancer and three runs batted in, three rbis, i think was a really great message everyone to that you can really come back strong from something tough. so i you know, let s go os. yeah, that was a positive story and a great weekend. thank you so much, kasie. we really appreciate you talking about this weekend. it was i ll tell you, it was, though, it was incredible to be back in fenway, incredible to be there, s